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“Gettin Cold” for this great cause..
Being in the funeral business, I have seen many different organizations help families when their loved has a terminal illness. One that is near and dear to me is Fairview Lakes HomeCaring & Hospice, our local hospice provider serving the Forest Lake area. This wonderful organization helps by managing symptoms so that life may be lived as fully and comfortable as possible. They also provide an annual grief camp for children, just another way of how they help. Often times families do not have the resources to pay for the services needed, so therefore hospice organizations raise funds to meet patient and staff needs.
Seeing how these wonderful people at Fairview Lakes HomeCaring & Hospice care for people, I decided to jump into frosty, frigid, frozen Forest Lake on February 20th, to raise money for their organization, and many others that the Rotary Club of Forest Lake supports. TO HELP ME OUT HERE…go to my link below, any donation would be greatly appreciated…Thank you!
http://winterplunge.kintera.org/kellyroberts
P.S. If you wanna join me “Gettin Cold for this Cause” be a part of Fairview Lake HomeCaring & Hospice team by going to:
http://winterplunge.kintera.org/fvlakeshospice
Valentine’s Day Luncheon
Urns
Urns, Urns, and more Urns! All different sizes, shapes, wood, brass, glass, metal, you get the picture with cremation being as prevalent, we are inendated with companies that sell them. When we help families choose an urn for their loved one, we often try and keep the choices some what limited as it can be overwhelming to people who are grieving. If they are looking for more of a choice, of course we have 10 plus catalogs that we can provide as well. Sometimes not even an urn is chosen, we have had cookie jars, ceramic pots, families have even made their own. I did run across a company called Urns.com, yes you can buy urns on the internet. www.urns.com has a nice variety and a lot of choices, they also have a great blog, http://blog.urns.com/ where they have a wealth of information about cremation, advanced funeral planning, anything related to our industry. Whether from our catalog, the internet, or perhaps something from home, the most important detail, is that it has significance to the family we are helping.
“Gettin Cold for a Cause” Polar Plunge (Video)
Our Good Friend Bob
Bob Beattie retired from a long career with NSP in 1985. My grandma, Margaret Waldo called him shortly after, and inquired if he wanted to deliver flowers. “Why me, he asked?” “Because you know where everyone lives,” replied my Grandma. That was the start of our relationship with Bob, as a kid we would help at the store and once able to drive we would deliver with him during the holidays. He would load the truck up with deliveries and not once have to crack the hudson map, because of days on the road reading meters for NSP. Grandma was right, he knew where everyone lived.
Bob helped at the store for many years and when we opened the funeral home he asked if he could help working visitations & funerals. Of course I didn’t hesitate to welcome him. Always in a good mood, he was a regular stopping in both the store and the funeral home to visit, and within the last year those visits became few and far between because of the health. Sitting in church this Christmas Eve, I turned to Chaleece and mentioned we should stop and see Bob at Birchwood. As my boys stood well behaved, Chaleece & I sat with him and had a great conversation, as he was looking forward to returning home within the next week. Two nights later relaxing at home, I heard my phone in the kitchen, scrolling down to see: name of the deceased- Robert Beattie. On my way to the hospital that night, I recalled one of the last times Bob stopped to visit at the funeral home. He was talking about his health and said, “Kelly, I’ve had a good life.”
Three hundred people were at his beloved Faith Lutheran Church yesterday to celebrate his life. A true testament to man who gave of himself through church, lions club, meals on wheels, and many more causes to make his community a better place. Bob Beattie had a good life, who left a legacy, and will be deeply missed by many.
Thank you Bob for saying yes to grandma 25 years ago….